Chemical analysis and composition

Chemical analysis and composition

—How practical methods and interpretations of composition evolved in eighteenth-century chemical analysis.—   Composition is a central aspect of modern chemistry. Various substances are identified by some aspect of their elementary composition,...
Using the Senses in Science

Using the Senses in Science

—The role of sight, taste, smell, and touch in early modern chemistry.—   Understanding the role of the senses in the history of science poses unique challenges for the historian. Most sensory impressions are part of our daily experiences. Often,...
The dreams of reason

The dreams of reason

—If a global map of the places of the Enlightenment were drawn up, the resulting image would be full of light and dark.—   At the end of the eighteenth century, many activities related to science had found spaces for their development, such as private...
Travelling experiments

Travelling experiments

—The explosion of air, the decomposition of water and the combustion of fire.—   In the years during which the outbreak of the French Revolution was brewing, explosions created in laboratories by experimenters in different European cities were about...
Enlightened lives

Enlightened lives

—Women and commoners in the democratisation of science.—   Between 1797 and 1803, the daily press occasionally published news about the scientific events organised in the Coliseo de los Caños del Peral in Madrid, the Coliseo de Comedias in Valencia or...
Science in the public sphere

Science in the public sphere

—Spaces, figures and strategies at the service of the promotion and social approval of the sciences.—   Situating Chemistry is an online collaborative project whose main objective is to locate the spaces where chemistry has been carried out throughout history. It...